"cattle prod" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cattle prods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cattle prod (plural cattle prods)
  1. A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal. Translations (stick designed to goad animals): agullada [feminine] (Catalan), aguillada [feminine] (Galician), Viehtreiber [masculine] (German), Viehstock [masculine] (German), Viehtreiberstock [masculine] (German), aguijada [feminine] (Spanish), picana [feminine] (Spanish), pådrivare [common-gender] (Swedish), kofösare (note: of cows) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cattle_prod-en-noun-FK-0jRbp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 22 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 59 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 59 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 69 18 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of 'stick designed to goad animals': 73 27
  2. (figuratively) Something used to goad or push someone to act. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cattle_prod-en-noun-qDDfAhXZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cattle goad, stock prod, cattle-prod, cattleprod

Verb

Forms: cattle prods [present, singular, third-person], cattle prodding [participle, present], cattle prodded [participle, past], cattle prodded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cattle prod (third-person singular simple present cattle prods, present participle cattle prodding, simple past and past participle cattle prodded)
  1. (transitive, figuratively) To goad or push someone to act. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-cattle_prod-en-verb-bqJS9IHn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cattle-prod, cattleprod

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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